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Address at a memorial service by Lieutenant Colonel Leon Roderic Greville as Commanding Officer 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1968-1969
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Maker: Greville, Leon Roderic Ross-Smith, Ernest
Greville pays homage to comrades of 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) who died whilst on tour and wishes well to those who where wounded and returned home.S03658
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Address by Lieutenant Colonel David Matheson Butler as Commanding Officer 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1969-1970 at the Long Tan memorial service, August 1969
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Maker: Butler, David Matheson Ross-Smith, Ernest
The Long Tan memorial service was conducted in the rubber north west of Xa Long Tan in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. It commemorated the third anniversary of the battle there on 18 August ...S03672
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Brigadier Donald Stanley Johnston OBE ED as the Commander Royal Australian Artillery 2nd Division (Citizen Military Forces) Eastern Command, South Vietnam (visit) 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Johnston, Donald Stanley Ross-Smith, Ernest
Johnston speaks of his visit to South Vietnam to evaluate the operational procedures of 1st Australian Task Force with a view to so having them applied to the training of Citizen Military Force soldie...S03681
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Brigadier John McKenzie MacDonald as the Commander 8th Task Force (Citizen Military Forces) Eastern Command, South Vietnam (visit) 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: MacDonald, John McKenzie Ross-Smith, Ernest
MacDonald speaks of his visit to South Vietnam to evaluate the operational procedures of 1st Australian Task Force with a view to so having them applied to the training of Citizen Military Force soldi...S03680
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Captain Arthur James Hull as the captain Second-in-Command B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment as commander of a ready reaction force, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Hull, Arthur James Ross-Smith, Ernest
Hull speaks of the use of Centurion tanks by B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment ready reaction force in Operation Overlander, Long Khanh in the Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Provinces of South Vietnam, 3-19 Ap...S03656
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Captain Maurice Frederick Fairhead as the Intelligence Officer 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Fairhead, Maurice Frederick (Fred) Ross-Smith, Ernest
Fairhead speaks of contacts with North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong units in Phuoc Tuy Province during Operation Laverack. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information pl...S03664
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Colonel Harold Percival John Swan ED as the Commander 2nd Support Group (Citizen Military Forces) Northern Command, South Vietnam (visit) 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Swan, Harold Percival John Ross-Smith, Ernest
Swan speaks of his visit to South Vietnam to evaluate the operational procedures of 1st Australian Task Force with a view to so having them applied to the training of Citizen Military Force soldiers f...S03679
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Colonel John Malcolm McNeill OBE ED as the Commander Royal Artillery 3rd Division (Citizen Military Forces) Southern Command, South Vietnam (visit) 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: McNeill, John Malcolm Ross-Smith, Ernest
McNeill speaks of his visit to South Vietnam to evaluate the operational procedures of 1st Australian Task Force with a view to so having them applied to the training of Citizen Military Force soldier...S03678
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Corporal Allan John Coughlin and Corporal John Maxwell Atkins B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Atkins, John Maxwell Coughlin, Allan John Ross-Smith, Ernest
Coughlin and Atkins speak of mine damage to a tank in a convoy returning to FSB Martine towards the end of Operation Overlander, Long Khanh in the Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Provinces of South Vietnam, 3-...S03655
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Corporal Leon Clyde Bingham as a member of A Squadron 3rd Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Bingham, Leon Clyde Ross-Smith, Ernest
Bingham speaks of the role of A Squadron 3rd Cavalry Regiment in Operation Overlander, Long Khanh in the Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Provinces of South Vietnam, 3-19 April 1969. A transcript of this recor...S03654
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Johnny O'Keefe as an entertainer, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: O'Keefe, Johnny Michael Ross-Smith, Ernest
O'Keefe speaks of his impressions of Saigon and his performance at various locations in South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Soun...S03673
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Lieutenant Alan Douglas Jellie as a helicopter pilot 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Jellie, Alan Douglas Ross-Smith, Ernest
Jellie speaks of Royal Australian Air Force forward air controller support to a United States Air Force bombing mission in the Long Hai Hills area of the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. Recorded ...S03682
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Lieutenant Andrew John 'Jack' Balsillie as Officer Commanding Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Balsillie, Andrew John 'Jack' Ross-Smith, Ernest
Balsillie speaks of 1st Australian Task Force assistance to communities in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam at the time of the mid-autumn moon festival in 1969. A transcript of this recording ...S03675
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Lieutenant Colonel Alan Lindsay Morrison MBE as Commanding Officer 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Morrison, Alan Lindsay "Alby" Ross-Smith, Ernest
Morrison speaks of the role of the 1st Australian Task Force in Operations Goodwood and Federal; the assistance of various Australian associations to families of soldiers in Australia; what every sold...S03648
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Lieutenant Colonel Colin Nadar Kahn as Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Kahn, Colin Nicholas Ross-Smith, Ernest
Kahn speaks of Operation Overlander, 3-17 April 1969, in particular, an assault by 5 RAR on a major enemy headquarters in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be...S03649
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Lieutenant Colonel Kevin William Latchford as Commanding Officer 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Latchford, Kevin William Ross-Smith, Ernest
Latchford speaks of the role of the Civil Affairs Unit in the villages in Phuoc Tuy Province; the composition of the Civil Affairs Unit; the unit's relationship with the civilian population; various m...S03645
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Lieutenant Colonel Leon Roderic Greville as Commanding Officer 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1968-1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith
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Maker: Greville, Leon Roderic Ross-Smith, Ernest
Greville speaks of Operation Federal and the role of the 1st Australian Task Force in the defence of the United States Army base at Long Binh in the Bien Hoa Province of South Vietnam, February-March ...S03643
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Lieutenant Colonel Peter Courtney Gration as the Commanding Officer 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Gration, Peter Courtney Ross-Smith, Ernest
Gration speaks of 1st Australian Task Force assistance to South Vietnamese communities in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam at the time of the mid-autumn moon festival in 1969. A transcript of ...S03674
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Major Alexander Henry Smith as Officer Commanding B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Smith, Alexander Henry Ross-Smith, Ernest
Smith speaks of the use of Centurion tanks by B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment ready reaction force in Operation Overlander, Long Khanh in the Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Provinces of South Vietnam, 3-19 A...S03657
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Major Eric John Wertheimer as Officer Commanding 17th Construction Squadron, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Major Ross-Smith
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Maker: Wertheimer, Eric John Ross-Smith, Ernest
Wertheimer, as the officer in charge of the project, speaks of the construction of a community centre in Nui Dat, in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. A transcript of this recording may be ava...S03671